National Museum of Iraq

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News about National Museum of Iraq, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 2, 2015

National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad has officially reopened for first time in 12 years, in response to destruction of ancient artifacts in country's north by Islamic State militants; museum suffered extensive losses and looting following 2003 American invasion but has since recovered hundreds of items. MORE

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American and Iraqi officials began a two-year, $14 million plan on Monday to help preserve Iraq's cultural heritage, which includes a frieze with an Assyrian king, left. The State Department grant will create a conservation and historic preservation...

December 12, 2007, Wednesday

Donny George, who directed the National Museum in Baghdad and became a vocal advocate for protecting Iraqi antiquities before leaving his post recently and fleeing to Syria, has been hired as a visiting professor at Stony Brook University on Long...

In this excellent article ''The Ghost in the Baghdad Museum'' [April 2], Roger Cohen describes the uncontrolled looting of the National Museum in the chaos of the American invasion of Iraq. Since this brings up the responsibility of the invading...